Drama within Hawaii's supernatural and historical worlds is described by Arthur, a sickly foster child experiencing a troubled life. Avid reading makes him mentally tough, verbally agile, inquisitive, and very sassy. He watches Hawaii's "unfolding" with Kahu, his Menehune mentor; Miki, a Leprechaun, who once was Shakespeare's shadow; Per'fesser, an erudite American Indian Munchkin; Queen Esther of Ancient Persia, one of history's most exotic women; Rising Sun and Ah Soong, Asian pixies; as well as Ai, a beguiling Japanese girl who has become a Menehune. The boy is tormented by the ghosts...